Table 2.
Professional background, n (%) | Specialty of professionals participating in interview, (n) | Specialty of professionals participating in focus group, (n) |
Doctors, n = 17 (55) | General practitioners (n=12) Specialty doctors in accident and emergency medicine (n=2) Consultant in accident and emergency medicine (n=1) Consultant in anaesthesia and pain medicine (n= 1) |
Consultant in palliative care medicine (n = 1) |
Nurses, n= 12(39) | Specialist palliative care nurses, hospice and hospital (n= 2) | Macmillan nurses (n=9) Urology specialist nurse (n = 1) |
Pharmacists, n = 2 (6) | Community pharmacist (n = 1) | Palliative care pharmacist (n = 1) |